Aditya-L1: ISRO’s Sun Mission to Start in 2019

India Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is ready to launch its first mission on sun with the Aditya-L1 mission.

The mission will be launched in 2019

The satellite carrying six payloads will be launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on the PSLV- XL launch vehicle.

It will be launched into the halo orbit around the Lagrangian point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system.

L1 point is 1.5 million kilometres away from the earth

This orbit has the advantage of allowing continuous monitoring of the sun.

Aditya-L1 is expected to be the very first to study from space two months from the time of launch, the magnetic field of the sun’s corona.

The mission will carry seven payloads,consisting of a coronagraph, equipment that will image the sun using ultraviolet filters, X-ray spectrometers, and particle samplers all being made within the country.

The Seven Payloads are:

Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VLEC) is the largest payload, or instrument will view the sun more closely than has been done before even by SOHO.

Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) will image the sun in all wavelengths.

The ultraviolet (UV) imaging payload will capture the sun using UV filters, something that is not possible from Earth.